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I want to put forward my opinions on this properly, I do not hate all content such as this, i.e. xbox themes, gamerpics, avatar clothing, whatever the MMO/ PS home equivalent is. I have bought 2 NXE themes which are fairly expensive, however they let you customise the dashboard the price is usually the equivalent of $3/£2. However, $4 for a remote control warthog, seems a little steep to me, I doubt avatar supported games will support this sort of accessory; if it were $2 it would seem a lot better. A dollar for a shirt isn't so bad. Although I hope more companies use a system similar to that implemented by twisted pixel on both The Maw and Splosion Man: where by completing sections of the game unlock 3 items, 2 of which are gamer picures and the 3rd is an NXE theme. Game unlocks are the main thing for me, unlocking sams hat and suit for completing sam and max season 2 would be excellent, paying $6 or more for just that is not so.

It's absolutely fantastic. I realised a few minutes ago I only have 14 levels left. The co-op is great, when it doesn't lag.

That sucks, do you know if you can go back to uni at a later date? say a year or so later than now? Did you get suspended for a specific reason? Whatever happens I hope it all goes well.

Not many people do, it's one of those things only those who have had the problem will understand.

Recently I have been listening to The New Animal collective album as well as Amon Tobin (did the Splinter Cell 3 soundtrack, Infamous as well as many others) for a couple of other bands that are closer to my taste The Morning After and InMe. First to are electronic, the other two are rock.

NAT is a weird beast, there are 3 types (open, moderate and strict), If there is an open host then everyone can connect, those with strict or moderate may not be able to hear those with the moderate or strict. If there is a moderate host then only moderate and open can join. Finally if there is a strict host then only those with Open may join. As far as I am aware it does not affect connection speed. Although with host there certain objects and players may appear differently to those with a different NAT type, I think.

Xbox Live arcade? Surely you mean XBL, simple mistake to make. Welcome and enjoy your stay.

Soon it'll start smoking and having casual sex...

I may well be up for Leeds, dependant on Uni timetable, as well as other things.

That's what I'm thinking unless it is different on the Xbox to PC (mines the Xbox).

On the subject of iMuse, the back of my KotoR box has the logo, and I wonder to what extent that game used it.

fable 1 and 2, KotoR 1 and 2. Many WRPGs are first person so I consider them the same way as FPS, despite a different playstyle, with older WRPGs they work better on a pc to how they would on a console such as Diablo and the first two fallouts; however people don't make games like that anymore. With current big RPG releases I see that there are more on consoles, which I cannot see working well without a controller (I really don't like using a controller on PC). These are all opinions though.

Personally I am a console guy, due to this I have only dabbled in PC games, excluding the 2 years it took me to pick up the current generation (360) which mainly involved TF2 and UT2004, among several adventures, as well as an RTS binge around the time DoW came out With the current generation of consoles I felt that there was no need for me to pick them up till 2008 onwards, the earlier titles were weak and didn't appeal to me nearly as much as previous generations, where as I have been an early adopter of earlier generations, where they are applicable due to my age; I got the n64 about 7 months after its launch (which is quite early for a 7 year old), the gamecube I got given as a gift from my uncle on the UK launch week, other generations haven't been applicable with me being too young to get them close to launch. This isn't to say that I don't love my 360 or Wii (in the way you love an inanimate object), I just feel that the calibre of older games are better (note. not the production values). The PC to me is suited more to some genres to me than the console is and vice versa. The PC is far more suited to MMOs, RTSes, Management games and adventures; whereas consoles are in general more suited to platformers (which hardly anyone makes good ones anymore), action games and most RPGs. FPS is one I am not going to say is better on either, due to the fact I see pluses and minuses with both, for example I can move in any direction in a console FPS opposed to having it binded to an 8 way direction, where as I am terrible at sniping on consoles due to the play in an analogue stick when compared to a good mouse. In short I like both platforms, but prefer consoles to PCs, which is not to say that consoles are better than PCs because I do not for one second believe or support that belief.

I just got back from Cheltenham, after 2000 trees festival and visiting my uncles shop (seven oaks sound and vision), had a pretty good talk with him just about general things, i.e. music, games, family, among other things; awesomely he offered to see if he could get me a part time job at the Manchester branch, which would be excellent if he could. It's really weird how seeing a member of your family who you haven't seen for about 13 years (particularly as I was only about 6), yet you can get on with them the most, due to having so much in common. Some of the best bands were: Exit Ten, Succioperro, dananananaykroyd, Fightstar, and Charlie Barnes. the hangover is definitely worth coping with due to these bands.

patters666, and I am so bad at gta, although I did pretty well from a tower with a rocket launcher.

I have swam a ridiculous amount in the game, probably upwards of 50 miles

Anyone else picked this up, it's pretty good. This of the amount I have played, it sold enough so that the servers have become really bogged down. making it hard to find a game. The game it's self is pretty enjoyable.

I'm guessing you are on PS3. I wouldn't know about voice chat, as I am always in a party.

The single player connection problems seem to have gone, not tried with a party yet. The Lag seems to be all gone.

I have and will continue to swim a lot. Its one of the games that have got the swimming mechanics right.

It's absolutely facinating what weird and wonderful creatures there are: particularly http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glaucus_atlanticus and http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/02/photogalleries/fish-transparent-head-barreleye-picture/index.html.

I only have the v1.9 patch, I think you replace it, with it having the original fixes etc.

I use the preinstalled flat obsidian. Much nicer than the default one.

I think that you need the latest update (v1.9) which is available from the marketplace for free, the DL is 1.2gb though.